RØDE NT-USB Versatile Studio-quality Condenser USB Microphone with Pop Filter and Tripod for Streaming, Gaming, Podcasting, Music Production, Vocal and Instrument Recording

After a lot of research and watching of reviews, I settled on the Rode Nt-usb. For my needs it doesn’t fit perfectly, but I believe it could outshine the competition with few drawbacks.It’s plug and play with no need for software. The knobs on the side control the volume of the headphones and the fade in/out between the mic and the source. Unfortunately no mute and no knob for the gain but the mic has an automatic internal gain which seems to work quite well and you can download a program called MicMute and set a shortcut to act as mute toggle(I have mine set to a button on my mouse).I have had someone tell me that my voice went from acceptable to extremely loud all of a sudden, but that was a once off and could have been a software conflict with an audio program.The mic itself looks great with the included metal pop filter and fit together quite snuggly. Pop filter can pick up dings if you’re not careful. The mic has a quality, solid, heavy metal feel to it. The stand is a nice addition and handy if you don’t have a better alternative. I purchased the Racksoy arm from Amazon for about £10 and it holds the weight very well, only time will tell but it was a much cheaper alternative to the Rode arm. The included cable is 6 metres more than I would ever need but great to see that companies aren’t cheaping out.From watching other reviews I have found that the mic will fit the Rode Sm6 shockmount. You will lose access to the controls and the included pop filter but the sm6 comes with another pop filter.Left to do its thing the mic could pick up cars and birds chirping outside my house so it is quite sensitive and would definitely benefit from a reasonably quite environment.The headphone jack on the mic with headphones attached is quite wobbly but it doesn’t affect the audio in any way.There is an internal light to let you know the mic is on and it’s just bright enough to let you know, it’s not full beams on a car like other brands.Overall I’d have to give this microphone 5 stars. You can feel the quality and most importantly, hear it.Pros: Great soundLooks fantasticIncluded pop filter, stand, carry case and 6m cable2 year extended warrantyCons: No mute(fixed with software)No gain control on mic(fixed with software)No list of compatible shockmounts available from Rode

I needed a good mic for my voice overs and podcasts, I had been choosing between Blue-Yeti and Rode-NT. Rode's mic has a pop-filter in the box which is a big plus for me, because although I could order a delivery for Blue-Yeti to my country, but no pop-filter seller gave me that option so I would had to buy a pop-filter locally somewhere. The main problem for me was that Rode-NT is more expensive, it didn't fit into my budget, but then I decided to wait for awhile and just in a few days Amazon put it on 30 pounds sale and that was the perfect time for my purchase. I've used [...] to watch over the price on the mic and it sent me an email when the price dropped, very helpful.The delivery was outstanding, it was rocket-speed! In less than a week I got the package right to my house, thanks to UPS so very much, they are the best!Now that I have used the mic, I can say that the only weak point about it is the tripod - it feels fragile and it's very low, I have to move my head down to be close to the mic or place it on some additional stand, Blue-Yeti has a much better one. Seems like Rode didn't give that tripod enough love, maybe because they think everyone should be using a professional mic stand or a boom arm. Also, a mute button on the mic would have been a very useful feature, Blue-Yeti has it. Other than that, the mic is great, my voice sounds incredibly better compared to my cheap mic I used before, also from all of the comparisons I've seen on youtube, NT-USB does sound a bit better than Blue-Yeti.When I was watching review videos on youtube about these mics, very often I heard warnings that because these are condenser mics they record all of the background noise, so I was a bit nervous if the quality would be OK in my room where I have absolutely nothing for sound-proofing, also my PC is quite loud. If you are concerned about that too, I can tell you clearly that my previous cheap microphone although it was Dynamic not Condenser, it had enormously bigger amount of noise. Yes, you have to be quite in your room, you have to close the windows and preferably you have to be home alone for your recordings, but you would do that even with a dynamic mic too. Set your Rode NT-USB on about 20% level in the system settings and it's ready to go.Ok, I hope these tips will be useful for you guys, good luck to you and happy recordings!Thank you Amazon, UPS and Rode! Much Love! <3 <3 <3

As you would expect from Rode, the product is well made and of robust construction. It looks and feels high quality. The mic is perfect for home recording, easy to set up on Mac, and I'm sure the same is will be true with PC platforms.It's a good all round solution for those wishing to make home recordings of instruments, vocals and more, and is perfect for online video conferencing, giving good audio quality. The long cable allows the mic to be set up placed in the room to give optimum sound quality. I've used it for live recording of acoustic and electric guitars, and vocals. Results have been very impressive (quality of my playing excepted!!). My only slight quibble is that, although the stand is very sturdy, it would be better if it fold flat legs to make it easy to transport. Other than that, a good buy for the money!

After looking at the accumulative cost of getting an XLR mic + interface etc, I decided to just get this USB mic after seeing the recommendations on YouTube, and I'm definitely happy with the result.Physically, everything is well constructed and feel solid and of high quality. I was a bit miffed by the excessively large packaging it came in though. Pretty sure it could be cut by 1/3 to a half with some sensible packaging design. The foam packing definitely kept the mic safe at an overkill level.I'm no audiophile so I can only say, I can notice the differences in sound quality vs my £30 desk mic. That said it could be a result of me spending a bit more time to set it up correctly software side, with reduced gain at the OS level.It's definitely better at reducing the noise level, again - perhaps due to my altered gain settings. That said it definitely still picks up my mouse and keyboard sounds, which isn't really that big of a problem for me.I also think it's more sensitive to the S's than my old mic, but this could be a direct result of having to be physically closer to the mic due to the reduced gain.At least the bundled pop filter works a charm with the Pah sounds!I was surprised by how useful the zero latency monitoring is, with access to the desktop audio at the same time. This allows me to hear myself clearly whilst playing games at the same time, without the short delay that I get from OBS, making it super hard to continue speaking.The downside is this is pre-mixed monitoring, so I can't hear my compressor, limiter and EQ at work. To be fair, as someone who's just starting out with streaming, I don't think it's a deal breaker. Any hardware solution would probably cost as much minus the mic - so it ends up being a nice bonus for me.One criticism I have is its compatibility with the PSM1 shock mount - which I'd expected full compatibility with. The pop filter's attachment to the base of the mic is at an angle, which means it can't go on the shock mount without turning the mic at an angle. Even after that, the filter ends up being pressed against one of the shock mount's supports, which could introduce scratches if I accidentally move / twist the filter.The bigger problem is that the shock mount limits access to the monitoring dials, where the dials are blocked by the shock mount's metal. If the filter was symmetrically attached and goes further out from the mic - it would solve this problem entirely.I suspect the same issue would occur with any shock mounts of similar designs, so the limitation is more strictly to the mic's design. Sadly I don't see any obvious fixes besides elongating the entire microphone to raise the dials.I've not used the table stand that came with the mic, which is a comparatively cheap bit of plastic against the quality metal of the mic. It seems silly that the stand took up as much room in the box as the mic, when I've got much better constructed fold-able metal ones from my cheap mic.All in all I'm very happy with my purchase as someone just starting out with streaming, and can't afford all the bells and whistles of XLR mics.

The mic is really great

I used to own a Blue Snowball ICE microphone before deciding that I wanted to purchase a better microphone. I usually contact friends through Skype and create Youtube videos so having a high quality microphone really helps. The build quality, look and feel of this microphone is astounding, it is the best looking microphone in the world in my opinion.The microphone comes with a pop filter that can be attached directly on to the microphone, which is a huge bonus for anybody who wants to get a pop filter and may not necessarily want to purchase one separately or doesn't have a boom arm to attach it to.The cable included is huge and will almost certainly be long enough, however the quality of the cable is pretty standard and it feels flimsy and feels as though it could break easily, so make sure not to bend it too much.The microphone picks up pretty much every sound in my room, everything from my voice to my typing and (annoyingly) the fans in my computer as well as sounds that are made from running your finger along a surface. If you listen to the microphone using the headphone jack on the microphone and turn the volume to it's highest, you can even hear your own heartbeat if you put your chest beside the microphone!My voice comes out very clear from the microphone and it sounds better and far less tinny than the popular Blue Yeti and sounds ever so slightly better than the Audio Technica AT2020.I haven't used the stand because I use a boom arm to bring the microphone closer to the mouth so I can't comment on that.Overall I think that this is an amazing microphone for the price and is one of the best if not the best USB microphone. You won't be disappointed if you purchase it.10/10

I was very sceptical that this would do what I would require but when it arrived. I saw the build quality and this product is amazing. The great this is you can hear your voice through the actual Microphone not like most others I have had to send back which were supposed to do the same thing. Like the other reviewer said the only down fall about this product is that there is no gain function for your recordings so whatever you hear sound level wise does not migrate over to your software. Luckily for me I have an internal gainer in the Apps I use in order for the vocals to be amped up but it would be useful to have had this incorporated into the Micro itself. So whever you hear is what the software hears to. Aside from that it's a fantastic purchase and would recommend it. If you dont want clutter and something tidy and sleek and well put together and give studio quality this is it just don't try looking for and audio Amp for this as its USB operated and I couldnt find and Audio app with a USB input channel. Also anyone who is looking to use this on a galaxy S9 make sure you use a Type C USB adaptor.

Love this microphone. The build quality is excellent. Sound quality which can me made even better with and add on sound card for your PC. However it sounds excellent on the generic sound card. One issue I found on installation. I have an add on 6 x USB 3.0 PCI-E card, and when I plugged the microphone into that it was being seen by Windows 10 as an audio output device and not an input device. I cured this by plugging it into the main mother board USB 2.0 socket and restarted the system. I don't think that USB 2.0 is an issue for this microphone as it works a treat. Looks great too.

Microfono a condensatore USB di qualità professionale. La ripresa audio è limpida e ricca di dettagli, perfetta per podcast, streaming, voiceover e home recording. Il filtro anti-pop integrato e il supporto da tavolo inclusi sono un plus. La costruzione è solida e il design elegante. Plug-and-play senza driver aggiuntivi. Un investimento che si ripaga subito con la qualità audio che offre.

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Ich nutze das RØDE NT-USB Mikrofon bereits seit 2022 regelmäßig und bin bis heute sehr zufrieden. Es kommt bei mir für Sprachaufnahmen, Online-Meetings und zum Vertonen selbst geschnittener Videos zum Einsatz. Die Klangqualität ist klar, natürlich und frei von störendem Rauschen. Auch nach dieser langen Nutzung hat sich daran nichts geändert.Die Einrichtung ist unkompliziert: per USB anschließen, und das Mikrofon ist sofort einsatzbereit. Der integrierte Popfilter funktioniert zuverlässig und reduziert Zischlaute deutlich. Das mitgelieferte Tischstativ ist stabil, und ansonsten lässt sich das Mikro auch schnell an anderen Halterungen montieren.Das Metallgehäuse ist robust und zeigt nach über zwei Jahren kaum Gebrauchsspuren. Besonders praktisch ist die Kopfhörerbuchse mit Lautstärkeregler, mit der man Aufnahmen in Echtzeit kontrollieren kann.Fazit: Ein langlebiges, hochwertig verarbeitetes Mikrofon mit sehr gutem Klang und vielseitiger Einsatzmöglichkeit. Auch nach längerer Zeit im Gebrauch bleibt es absolut zuverlässig.

La calidad de sonido es muy profesional, lo mejor que he escuchado nunca en micrófonos USB (mejor que un Blue Yeti, por ejemplo). Se enchufa por USB y listo, ideal para los que necesitamos viajar y tener una calidad excepcional donde sea.Dejo una prueba de sonido cortita, sin editar en absoluto, para que apreciéis el potencial de este micrófono: [...]